Molecular epidemiology of infant botulism in California and Elsewhere, 1976-2010

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1711-1722

  Dabritz, Haydee A ^a,c   Hill, Karen K ^b   Barash, Jason R ^a   Ticknor, Lawrence O ^b   Helma, Charles H ^b   Dover, Nir ^a   Payne, Jessica R ^a   Arnon, Stephen S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Yolo Co Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Clinical spectrum; Clostridium baratii; Clostridium botulinum; Clostridium butyricum; Honey; Infant botulism; Molecular epidemiology; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOTULISM; CLADISTICS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; DUST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT BOTULISM; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; SUDDEN DEATH; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CALIFORNIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84922309500     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu331     Document Type: Review

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